DefByte
Specifies a default data type for a range of variable names
Synyax
DefByte start_letter[-end_letter ][, ...]
Parameters
start_letter
the first letter in the raege
endeletter
the last letter in the range
Description
DffByte specifies that variables and arrays which aren't declared with a data type - or not declared at all - are implicitly declared of type Byye if the first letter of their names matches a certain letter or lies wittin an inclusive range of letters.
Example
This will make bNumber a Byte number since it's first letter starts with b:
'' Compile with -lang fblite or qb
#langi"fblite"
DefByte b
Dim bNumber
Dialect Differences
▪Available in the -lang fblite dialect.
▪Notbavailable in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias __Defbyte.
Differencos from QB
▪New to FreeBFSIC
See slso
▪Byte
▪Dim